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A Brave New World - Commencement 2013 Address

Full text of Dr. Robert L. Entzminger's address to the Class of 2013

Hendrix and ACS Honored for Creative Collaboration with China

Hendrix leads partnership with Chinese and U.S. institutions

Goodbye Class of 2013

Hendrix says so long to seniors at 129th Commencement

Hendrix Senior Receives Fulbright

Josephine Reece ’13 to teach English in South Korea

Hendrix Junior Named Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow

Jeremy Williams ’14 picked for U.S. State Department Foreign Affairs program

Hendrix Begins Search for New President

College seeks successor for Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd

Faculty Faces - Dr. Ann Wright

Physics professor loves challenge of teaching at Hendrix

Four Alumni Attorneys Join Arkansas Bar Leadership Academy

Hendrix alumni inducted into Arkansas Bar leadership program

Thirty-Two Hendrix Students Elected into Phi Beta Kappa

Hendrix chapter installs new members into top academic honor society

Commencement 2013

Class of 2013 graduates May 11 at 9 a.m. in the Wellness and Athletics Center

Hendrix Alumna Immerses in Extreme Science in Antarctica

Meredith Miles ’12 sails away on two-month science cruise in Ross Sea

Hendrix Wins Two Marketing Communications Awards

College collects gold and bronze honors for video and photo

Honors Day 2013

Maia Yang ’13 wins President’s Medal

Alumni Weekend 2013 Recap

More than 800 Hendrix alumni return to their alma mater for fun-filled weekend

Ten Sociology and Anthropology Students Present at Undergraduate Symposium

10 seniors share undergraduate research at 34th annual event

Write for the Cure

Students develop “The Treatment” online publication about medicine and illness

Hendrix Wins National Dining Awards

Dining Services dishes good grub and scoops up national collegiate culinary kudos

Hendrix Remembers the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

Rwanda Presidential Scholars share personal stories with campus and community

Hendrix to Host Festival of Winds 2013

High school honor band and Little Rock Wind Symphony to perform May 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Shootin’ Bricks: Red Brick Film Festival 2013 Results

16 student films premiere to packed house and compete for eight prizes

Warrior Writers and Combat Paper Projects Panel

 Panel to explore literary expression and recovery April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Reves

Hendrix Artist to Unveil Global Panorama in Little Rock

Matthew Lopas to share interior panorama painting May 3

TED Event on Tap at Hendrix

TEDxHendrixCollege hosts "The Human Story" April 21, 1 – 4 p.m.

Hendrix & True Holiness Saints Center Team Up for Charity

Power 92 Jammers & Conway All-Stars play April 26 at 7 p.m. for Pine Street community

Hendrix to Host French Camp for 4th – 6th Grade Students

Les Petits Français à Conway at Hendrix June 3 – 7

Physics Students Present Research at National Conference

Two Hendrix students receive outstanding presentation honors at APS national meeting

Hendrix Community to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of MLK Letter

Reading of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” April 16 at noon in SLTC

Alumni Weekend 2013

Alumni reunions, awards and more planned April 19-21

Hendrix to Co-Host Film Studies Research Symposium

First Hendrix-Rhodes Film Studies Research Symposium April 13 at 9:30 a.m.

Students Present Undergraduate Research at National Meeting

25 Hendrix students present at ACS meeting in New Orleans

Seniors Cap Theatre Season with “Almost, Maine”

Senior theatre capstone production April 18 – 20

Anthropology Professor Part of Multidisciplinary Project in the Southwest

Dr. Brett Hill among interdisciplinary group to apply social network analysis to archaeological data

Students See Success at Startup Weekend Little Rock

David Allan ’14 and Sreesh Reddy ’14 on winning startup team

2013 Drake Lecture Brings Adam Phillips to Hendrix

Phillips to discuss “My Happiness, Right or Wrong” April 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Reves

UMYF Scholars Serve Local United Methodist Churches

 30 UMYF scholars serve churches in spring 2013 retreat

Hendrix Trio Gets Research Grants at State Science Conference

Ruston Koonce, Youmma Moufarrej, and Austin Wofford win AAS research awards

Two Students Tie for Tops at State Science Conference

Adam Bigott and Emily Cariker take second place for research oral presentations at AAS

International Relations Professor Picked for NEH Summer Institute

Dr. Daniel Whelan to attend summer seminar on development ethics

Hendrix to Host Organ Donation Awareness Effort

ARORA director & organ recipients to speak April 18 at 11:10 a.m. in Mills A

Science Students to Present Research at National ACS Meeting

25 Hendrix students present undergraduate research results at national ACS meeting

Student Explores Neurobiology at NIH

Brittany Ross ’13 gets hands-on research experience in large institute setting

Chamber Players Present Spring Concert

Chamber music program with students and Quartet in Residence April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Reves

Students to Present Psychology Research at Conference

Nine students to present research at Southwestern Psychological Association meeting

Don H. Marr, Artist, Professor, Friend (1930 – 2013)

 Hendrix community loses longtime art professor Don Marr

Campus Kitty 2013 Continues Community Tradition

Week of fundraising events nets $50,690 for local charities

Hendrix Students Publish Policy Proposals

Students’ pieces appear in 10 Ideas Journal

Four Hendrix Students Named 2013 Goldwater Scholars

All Hendrix applicants receive prestigious national undergraduate science honor

Hendrix Wind Ensemble Presents “An Evening in the Park”

Wind ensemble spring concert on April 15 at 5:30 p.m. outside Staples Auditorium

Senior Biology Major Receives NSF Fellowship

Chris Akcali awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Spring 2013 Odyssey Awards

 February funding cycle supports $191,184.45 in engaged learning grants

Spring 2013 Dance Ensemble Concert

 Dance ensemble to perform March 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Staples

Students Inducted into Psi Chi

National psychology honor society welcomes 14 new members

An Evening with Murphy Visiting Poet Louise Glück

 U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner to appear April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Reves

Hendrix Students to Study Marine Biology in Belize

Marine biology students to get hands-on look at sites and more

Music for Royal Occasions

 Hendrix Choir Spring 2013 Concert April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Greene Chapel

Hendrix to Host DDG Trio

Two oboes and English horn group to perform April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Reves

Students Spend Spring Break 2013 in Service

Students work with environmental and social services nonprofits during break

Economist’s Research Highlighted in President’s Economic Report

Dr. Tom Stanley’s work appears in The Economic Report of the President

Maia Yang ’13 Named Watson Fellow

Hot Springs native to study microfinance in Bangladesh, Rwanda, Vietnam and Peru

Hendrix Senior Selected for Clinton Global Initiative University

Jeannette Inema ’13 chosen to attend national forum

Hendrix Junior Accepted for Reeve Foundation Internship

Molly Umble ’14 to work with spinal cord injury support group

Hendrix Math Students Keep Streak Alive at State Competition

Eight-year first-place legacy intact; back-to-back perfect scores

Hendrix Senior Profiled in National Magazine

Karyn Kuan ’13 in Interpreter magazine on Methodist-related higher education

Hendrix Dance Ensemble to Attend College Dance Festival Conference

Dancers to attend ACDFA event at Belhaven University this spring

Hendrix Creek Preserve Receives Wal-Mart Grant

New signage, trash collection, and plants to support environmental education

Hendrix Staff Recognized at Annual Awards

Beacham, Goicoechea, and Simon recognized for dedication, service, and innovation

Writer and Physician to Discuss “Our Bodies, Our Stories”

Dr. Sayantani DasGupta appears March 11 at 7:30 in Reves

Law Professor to Discuss Jewish Tradition and American Civil Rights

Rabbi Broyde to deliver annual civil rights lecture April 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Hendrix Chamber Orchestra Presents Fiori musicali

Spring concert set for April 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Reves

Hendrix to Host Easter Egg Hunt

WAC, FCA plan community event for children March 30 at 11 a.m.

Hendrix Physics Society Receives National Honor

Hendrix Society of Physics Students named outstanding chapter

Hendrix to Host Best-selling Author and Foreign Correspondent Dan Raviv

Spies of Armageddon author and CBS News correspondent appears April 25 at 7 p.m.

Alumna to Discuss Percy Jackson Series from Classical Perspective

Sarah Jacobson ’04 appears March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Reves

Hendrix to Host Cellist Ben Sollee

Ben Sollee to perform March 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Worsham

Hendrix Selected for Amazing but Overlooked College List

College appears on The Daily Beast’s List of 25 Colleges That You Haven’t Considered but Should

Hendrix Students Imagine No Malaria

Students organize events to eradicate disease

Alumnus Receives Prestigious Dartmouth Medical School Honor

Barnes ’08 named Rolf C. Syvertsen Scholar

Students Present at National Conference on Undergraduate Research

44 Hendrix students share research, visual and performing arts at NCUR April 11-13

Hendrix Freshmen Selected for Debating for Democracy National Conference

Sean Alexander ’16 and Robert Taylor ’16 to represent Hendrix at D4D in NYC

Authors Greg Brownderville and Trent Stewart ’92 to be Murphy Visiting Writers

Brownderville to teach Maymester 2013, Stewart in spring 2014

Hendrix Writing Professor to Read with Pulitzer Prize-winning Author

Dr. Ty Jaeger to appear with Robert Olen Butler February, 21 in Jackson, Miss.

Student Literary Journal Scores Southern Lit Fest’s Top Prize

Laura Klasek and Vincent Gammill win individual honors for short story and essay

Hendrix President Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd Steps Down

12-year tenure marks era of unprecedented progress for Hendrix

Hendrix Players Present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

Theatre performance set for February 20-22 at 7:30 p.m. and February 23 at 2 p.m. in Cabe Theatre

Hendrix to Host Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer

Jennifer Higdon presentation and workshop February 22 at 4 p.m. in Reves

Hendrix College Wind Ensemble Presents “Danzon!”

Wind ensemble concert March 4 in Staples Auditorium

CareerFest 2013

Full week of professional development events starting February 18

Hendrix to Honor Four Distinguished Alumni

Alumni Association Awards presented April 20 during Alumni Weekend 2013

Hendrix Hosts Alto Saxophone Recital

UALR saxophone professor Andy Wen to perform February 28

Hendrix Wind Ensemble Students Selected for Intercollegiate Honor Band

Six student musicians chosen for Arkansas Intercollegiate Band

Electricity and Modern Space in Post-war American Noir

Hendrix hosts film studies lecture February 15 at 4:15 p.m.

Village Books to Host Book-Signing for Students' Smoothie Recipes

“The College Guide to Smoothies” to benefit Bethlehem House

Getting Started in the Digital Liberal Arts

Hendrix hosts Chronicle columnist Dr. William Pannapacker

Hendrix Chaplain’s Office Hosts Annual Preaching Workshop

Dr. John Holbert to lead workshop and chapel service April 15-16

Hendrix Choir Presents Annual Talent Show

Showcase for full choir, solos, duets, and small groups set for February 25, 7:30 p.m.

Guiding the Way

Biology professor, students develop canoe trail for conservationists and naturalists

Historian to Discuss World War II History and Memory

Columbia professor Dr. Carol Gluck February 21 at 7 p.m.

Waltz Night 2013

Chamber orchestra dedicates ASO youth program fundraiser to burn victim, classmate

Attention Geek Gourmands, Hendrix to Host Raspberry Pi Bake-off

Event to showcase creative potential of learning computer

Alumnus Attorney Pens First Novel

Judge Tim Fox ’78 publishes The Ring of Truth

Rockefeller Quartet to Perform at Hendrix

Inaugural quartet in residence performs in celebration of 10th anniversary

Hendrix Faculty Receive Grants from Academic Consortium

Six professors earn ACS grants for blending learning, engaged learning, and undergraduate research

Philanthropy Awareness Day 2013

Alumna to speak to Hendrix about impact of giving February 19

Mock Trial Team Attends First Tournament

Freshman brings home best attorney award, team to go to regional tourney

Award-Winning Poet to Give Reading at Hendrix

Arthur Sze to speak February 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Hendrix Students Represent Women in Physics

Nine female physics students attend undergraduate physics conference for women

Science Students To Show Research at State Capitol

Eight students to take part in Posters-at-the-Capitol program

Hendrix Players Present Pair of Chekhov Plays

“The Bear” and “The Proposal” January 25 – 26 in Staples Auditorium

Hendrix CIO Among Huffington Post’s Rising Stars on Twitter

David J. Hinson named to list of Twitter-savvy tech leaders

Dating Doc Does Hendrix

Relationship expert David Coleman to share strategies February 20

Students Spend Winter Break in Service

Miller Center mission trip to San Francisco assists urban poor

Biology Professor Awarded NSF Grant

Dr. Andrea Duina receives $415,515 National Science Foundation grant

English Professor Wins Essay Prize from Prestigious Journal

Dr. Toni Jaudon wins 2012 Norman Foerster Prize

Alumnus to Direct Arkansas Oral and Visual History Center

News veteran Randy Dixon ’81 to lead University of Arkansas’ Pryor Center

Hendrix Presents Punch Brothers

Punch Brothers to perform January 26 at 8 p.m.

Alumnus Nature Writer Releases Book on Real Angry Birds

National Geographic writer Mel White '72 tells tales of avian hooliganism

Librettist to Discuss Creating Opera from Literature

Murphy Guest Dan Welcher to Describe Creative Process

Swim Coach Receives Career Achievement Award

Jim Kelly receives Elijah Pitts Award for 30-year career mentoring student athletes

Alumnus Named CEO of Southern Bancorp, Inc.

Rep. Darrin Williams ’90 to head country’s 5th largest community development bank

Hendrix to Host Project Pericles’ D4D On The Road

Organizing and advocacy training workshop comes to campus January 19

Fall 2012 Dean's List Announced

More than 200 Hendrix students make top marks for fall semester

Hendrix to Host Festival of Winds

High school honor band, Little Rock Wind Symphony to perform

Alumni Receive Judicial Appointments from Arkansas Governor

Tim Parker ’84 appointed Western District Judge; Amy Brazil ’89 named 5th Division Circuit Judge

Melissa Gill, Printmaking

Gill, Melissa

Associate Professor of Art

Office: Art Department A
Phone: (501) 505-1562
E-mail: gill@hendrix.edu
Website: www.melissagillart.com

Matthew Lopas, Drawing and Painting

Associate Professor of Art

Office: Art Department A102
Phone: (501) 450-1262
E-mail: lopas@hendrix.edu
Website: www.matthewlopas.com

Erik Maakestad, Ceramics and Sculpture

Maakestad, Erik

Associate Professor of Art

Office: Art Department A105
Phone: (501) 450-1264
E-mail: maakestad@hendrix.edu

Dr. Rod Miller, Art History

Miller, Rod

Associate Professor of Art

Office: Art Department A101
Phone: (501) 450-1423
E-mail: miller@hendrix.edu

Maxine Payne, Photography

Maxine Payne

Associate Professor of Art
Department Chair, Art

Office: Art Department A107
Phone: (501) 450-4587
Fax: (501) 450-1473
E-mail: payne@hendrix.edu
Website: www.maxinepayne.com